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More than a dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus signed a letter demanding answers in the death of Brownsville sailor Angelina Resendiz, whose body was found last month in Virginia.
“No hay nada más antiamericano que oponerse a darle oportunidades a todo. Los ataques de esta administración en contra de los esfuerzos DEIA delatan su ideología enfermiza. Actúan como si, para que unos tengan éxito, otros deben fracasar”, indicó el presidente del Caucus Hispano del Congreso, Adriano Espaillat (Nueva York), de origen dominicano.
More than 90 Democratic lawmakers filed a brief with a federal court this week telling it to block an agreement between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that would give the agency access to private taxpayer data.
“Desde su designación inicial en 1999, el TPS para Nicaragua se prorrogó 13 veces consecutivas (por períodos de 12 o 18 meses cada vez) bajo la misma base estatutaria de desastre ambiental”, detalla el documento.
“If you uphold the peace of a democratic society, you should not be anonymous,” said Espaillat, who serves as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair. “DHS and ICE agents wearing masks and hiding identification echoes the tactics of secret police authoritarian regimes—and deviates from the practices of local law enforcement, which contributes to confusion in communities.”
“We will not succumb to any intimidation tactics,” CHC Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York said. “We will continue to comply with our duty to have oversight of these detention centers, and we will visit them within the parameters of the law.”
El presidente del Caucus Hispano del Congreso, Adriano Espaillat, tronó contra la aprobación de la ley en la Cámara. De acuerdo con el representante demócrata de Nueva York, el contenido del plan en temas como Medicaid traiciona las promesas electorales de los republicanos, y, en particular, del presidente.
“Our amendments — the same ones that could have made this bill palatable in May — should be subject to real debate, to real votes and to serious consideration by the majority,” said CHC Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13). “The CHC has the policy depth to build a budget worthy of the American people.
Alligator Alcatraz has attracted criticism from lawmakers, human rights groups, and environmental advocates. In a post on X, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus wrote, “It’s hurricane season and all this administration can do is put more people in harm’s way.
“El Museo Nacional del Latino Estadounidense fue autorizado por el Congreso para contar la verdad completa y sin disculpas sobre las contribuciones de los latinos a la historia de Estados Unidos”, dijo el presidente del CHC, el Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13). “No podemos permitir que este proyecto crítico sea marginado o reciba menos fondos."